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Financial report summary
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Real BrandsRisks
- We may not be able to execute our opportunistic buying strategy, adequately manage our supply of inventory, or anticipate customer demand, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Risks associated with or faced by our suppliers could adversely affect our results of operations and financial performance.
- Fluctuations in comparable store sales and results of operations, including fluctuations on a quarterly basis, could cause our business performance to decline substantially.
- We rely on third parties to move merchandise through ports and transport them from ports to our centralized distribution centers.
- Factors such as inflation, cost increases, and energy prices could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Our ability to generate revenue is dependent on consumer confidence and spending, which may be subject to factors beyond our control, including changes in economic and political conditions, as well as health concerns.
- We do not compete in the growing online and omnichannel retail marketplace, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Labor shortages and increased turnover or increases in employee and employee-related costs could have adverse effects on our profitability.
- We face intense competition, which could limit our growth opportunities and adversely impact our financial performance.
- If we fail to open new profitable stores on a timely basis, successfully enter new markets, or implement other elements of our long-term growth strategy, our financial performance could be materially adversely affected.
- We may not be able to retain the loyalty of our customers, particularly our Ollie’s Army members, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- The failure to timely acquire, develop, open, and operate, or the loss of, disruption, or interruption in the operations of, our centralized distribution centers could materially adversely affect our business and operations.
- Our new store growth is dependent on our ability to successfully expand our distribution network capacity, and failure to achieve or sustain these plans could adversely affect our performance.
- If we are not successful in managing our inventory balances, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Inventory shrinkage could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
- If we are unable to attract, train, and retain highly qualified managerial personnel and sales associates in our stores and our distribution centers, our sales, financial performance, and business operations may be materially adversely affected.
- Our success depends on our marketing, advertising, and promotional efforts. If we are unable to implement those efforts successfully, or if our competitors engage in more effective marketing, advertising, and promotional efforts than we are, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Because our business is seasonal, with the highest volume of net sales during the holiday season, adverse events during our fourth fiscal quarter could materially adversely affect our business, operations, cash flows, and financial condition.
- Our business requires that we lease substantial amounts of space and there can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to lease space on terms as favorable as the leases negotiated in the past.
- Risks associated with the current geopolitical climate could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Climate change may have a long-term impact on our business.
- Natural disasters, whether or not caused by climate change, epidemic or pandemic outbreaks, unusual weather conditions, terrorist acts, and political events could disrupt our business and result in lower sales and otherwise adversely affect our financial performance.
- We are subject to governmental regulations, requirements, and procedures. A significant change in, or noncompliance with, these regulations, requirements, and procedures could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- If we fail to protect our intellectual property portfolio, including without limitation brand names and other trademarks, the value of these assets may be diluted.
- We rely on manufacturers located in foreign countries for merchandise and a significant amount of our domestically-purchased merchandise is manufactured abroad. Our business may be materially adversely affected by legal and regulatory risks associated with international trade.
- The cost of compliance with product safety regulations and risks related to product liability claims, lawsuits, and product recalls could damage our reputation, increase our cost of doing business, and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Our current insurance program may expose us to unexpected costs and negatively affect our financial performance.
- We face litigation risks from customers, associates, suppliers, stockholders, and other third parties in the ordinary course of business.
- Any disruptions to our information technology systems or breaches of our network security could disrupt or interrupt our operations, compromise our reputation, expose us to litigation, government enforcement actions, and costly response measures and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Data protection requirements increase our operating costs, and a breach in information privacy or other related risks could negatively impact our operations.
- If we are unable to maintain or upgrade our information technology systems or if we are unable to convert to alternate systems in an efficient and timely manner, our operations may be disrupted or become less efficient.
- If our estimates or judgments relating to our significant accounting policies prove to be incorrect, our operating results could be adversely affected.
- Changes to accounting rules or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Because we are a public company, our management is required to devote substantial time to compliance and governance initiatives and issues.
- Anti-takeover provisions in our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation and fourth amended and restated bylaws and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult, limit attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management and limit the market price of our common stock.
- Our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain litigation that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could increase costs of bringing a claim, discourage claims, or limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.
- If securities analysts or industry analysts downgrade our shares, publish negative research or reports, or do not publish reports about our business, our share price and trading volume could decline.
- Future sales of our common stock in the public market could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease significantly.
- Our stock price has been and may continue to be volatile.
- We are a holding company and rely on dividends and other payments, advances, and transfers of funds from our subsidiaries to meet our obligations and pay any dividends.
- We do not expect to pay any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
- Indebtedness may limit our ability to invest in the ongoing needs of our business, and if we are unable to comply with our financial covenants, it could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- We may be unable to generate sufficient cash flows to satisfy debt service obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- We cannot guarantee that our share repurchase program will be fully consummated or that it will enhance long-term stockholder value.
Management Discussion
- This section includes comparisons of certain 2023 financial information to the same information for 2022. Year-to-year comparisons of the 2022 financial information to the same information for fiscal 2021, the 52-week period ended January 28, 2022 (“2021”), are contained in Item 7 of our Form 10-K for 2022 filed with the SEC on March 24, 2023 and available through the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.
- We derived the consolidated statements of income for 2023 and 2022 from our consolidated financial statements and related notes. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future.